COT Register of Interests A - E

Direct employment.

The University of Aberdeen

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

British Toxicology Society (BTS),

British Pharmacology Society (BPS),

American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET).

Other personal interests.

Academic/research visiting positions at Cairo University and Newcastle University.

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Direct employment.

Newcastle University,

 Cairo University.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Shareholdings.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Other personal interests.

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

Direct employment.

Edinburgh Napier University (2011-Current). 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

In my University role I was paid a small consultancy fee to undertake an interview with BBC Radio Scotland on measles virus in July 2025. 

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Chair – Chief Scientist Office Clinical Academic Fellowship Committee (non-remunerated role),

Chair – NHS Assure Grant Funding Panel (non-remunerated role),

Member of British Society of Immunology.

Other personal interests.

Co-Founder of an emerging Edinburgh Napier spinout entity (PlusPEP). Future commercial focus around the application of Sodium Butyrate and/or vitamin D for the treatment of rhinovirus infection in humans (International patent WO2021198691A1).

Grant holder and Principal Investigator, Interface Innovation Voucher, held with Mercel Ltd. “Algumer Enzyme Protection”.

External Examiner at the University of Birmingham for an MSc from September 2025. 

Fellowships.

Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (current).

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Direct employment.

United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US Government Agency) (2009-2011),

University of Edinburgh (2005-2009),

Policy officer at the Health Department, Scottish Government (2004-2005).

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Expert Advisor, Dunedin Solutions Ltd (Nov 2023-2025) Unremunerated role. 

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Fellowships.

British Science Association Media Fellowship (2018), hosted by BBC Scotland.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

Direct employment.

University of Glasgow, School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, full-time. Since 2004

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Trustee and board member of British Society for Neuroendocrinology (2013-present)

Treasurer of British Society for Neuroendocrinology (2019-present)..

Other personal interests.

Author of Scientific Impact Paper 37 “Chemical exposures during pregnancy: dealing with potential, but unproven, risks to child health” for Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2013.

Co-Author of opinion paper “A new consensus on reconciling fire safety with environmental & health impacts of chemical flame retardants”. Environ Int. 2023 doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107782

Co-Author of article. “Breast cancer risk and prevention in 2024: An overview from the Breast Cancer UK “- Breast Cancer Prevention Conference. Cancer Med. 2024 Sep;13(18):e70255.

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

Grants:

NIH R01 ES030374 2019-2025 “Transgenerational consequences of pre-conceptional and in utero exposure to real-life chemical mixtures on fertility and metabolic health” (2019-2025)

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

Scientific Review Panel Breast Cancer UK (2017-2025)

Media Ambassador Society for Endocrinology (2018-2023)

Direct employment.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Shareholdings.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Other personal interests.

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

Direct employment.

Syngenta and its legacy companies Zeneca and ICI since 1980. Principal Science Advisor (Product Safety) since 2017

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Regulatory Science Associates – Leadership Consultant. Since 2018

Shareholdings.

AstraZeneca. Since 1999

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Crop Life International, Crop Life Europe – Chair or Member of Human Health Expert Groups since 2002 (CLE) and 2017 (CLI)

European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology (ECETOC) – Member or Chair of Task Forces since 1986; Member of Scientific Committee since 2017

NC3Rs – Member of Regulatory Sciences Forum since 2024

British Toxicology Society – Member since 1982; Fellow since 2006; Member of Executive Committee since 2020, Vice-President 2022-2024, President 2024-2026

Society Of Toxicology – Member since 2009

Royal College of Pathologists – Fellow since 2001

Other personal interests.

My wife also works for Syngenta. (Since 1985)

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

The British Toxicology Society receives donations from a number of companies (e.g. AstraZeneca, Corteva, GSK, Syngenta, Unilever, Apconix, Charles River, BIBRA) to support its activities, including an Annual Congress and Education and Training opportunities.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Direct employment.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

ICI 1980-1993. Zeneca 1993-1999 Syngenta 2001-2017

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

NC3Rs Board Member 2009-2014

ECVAM Scientific Advisory Committee Member 1993-2002

Advisory Committee on Pesticides Medical and Toxicological Panel 2005-2013

Other personal interests.

None.

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

Direct employment.

None. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None. 

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None. 

Other personal interests.

None. 

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

Wife is a member of the Food Standards Agency Advisory Committee on Animal Feedingstuffs (ACAF) and Science Council.  

Other non-personal interests.

None. 

Direct employment.

None. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Consultancy Nottingham Trent University (Silicon Supplement development), Silicon Active, my Wife is a  share holder.

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None. 

Other personal interests.

None. 

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

None. 

Other non-personal interests.

Direct employment.

None. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Visiting Professor - University of Chester ,
Chair of the European Commission’s Scientific 
Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) –
Luxembourg,
Provision of scientific advice to the European 
Commission on safety assessment of 
chemicals and nanomaterials in cosmetics and 
personal-care products; development of 
Guidance,
Member/Chair of the following WGs of the 
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) –
Parma, Italy: 
• Particle Risk Assessment (Chair) 
• Botanicals Compendium (Member) 
• Guidance on Read-across (Member) 
• New Approach Methods (Member)
4. Current Member of FSA's Joint Expert 
Group on Additives, Enzymes and other 
Regulated Products (AEJEG) since 
05/2019. 

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None. 

Other personal interests.

None. 

Fellowships.

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

 None

Other non-personal interests.

None. 

Direct employment.

Professor of Food Safety & Innovation; University of 
Chester (Oct 2015 - Sep 2017),
Principle Scientist/ Advanced Research Fellow, The 
Food and Environment Research 
Agency, York (Dec 1990 - Sep 2015). 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Member Committee of the French National 
Research Agency (ANR) to evaluate 
research proposals for projects on food 
packaging and containers and sustainability 
policies: new food constraints and impacts on 
nutrition and health – Alimentarité. 
[Emballages et contenants alimentaires et 
politiques de durabilité : nouvelles 
contraintes d’alimentarité et impacts sur la 
nutrition et la santé – Alimentarité] 
(01/06/2024 – 30/08/2024).

Member of the Office for Product Safety and 
Standards (OPSS) Scientific Advisory Group 
on Chemical Safety (SAG-CS) in Consumer 
Products. (04/2021 - 07/2023),

Expert evaluator of project proposals 
submitted to the European Commission 
under Horizon 2020 Programme, and the 
Research Executive Agency. Also Project 
Technical Advisor for the EC for periodically 
reviewing the progress of selected projects 
for the DG Research & Innovation 
(01/09/2017 - 15/06/2022).

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None. 

Other personal interests.

None. 

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

None. 

Other non-personal interests.

Direct employment.

Swansea University; Academic Position (Professor) (Since 2015)

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Titanium Dioxide Manufacturer’s Association (TDMA)/ Titanium Dioxide Industry Consultation (TDIC) (Since November 2023)

Huntsman Corporation (Expert scientist for particle toxicology) (Since Feb 2025)

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Chair of UK Animal Alternative Technologies (UKAAT), Since 2017

Journal Editor:

Editor-in-Chief; Fibres Fibers | An Open Access Journal from MDPI
Since 2018

Senior/Associate Editor:

Particle and Fibre Toxicology Home page | Particle and Fibre Toxicology Since 2022

Editorial Board member:
InVitro ModelsHome | In vitro models Since 2016

Other personal interests.

None.

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

COMEAP Member (since May 2021)

CAAP Member (since Sept 2024)

Other non-personal interests.

UKRI Medical Research Council (MRC) (co_investigator) (ca. £1.2 million) on Micronanoplastics (2025-2029).

UKRI Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) (co_investigator) (ca. £3.5 million) on indoor air pollution (2021-2026).COLT Foundation (charity) (Principal investigator) (ca. £300K) on micronanoplastics (2023-2026).

TDMA (industry) (Principal investigator) (ca. £450K) on TiO2 particle toxicology (2023-2026).

Huntsman (industry) (Principal) investigator) (ca. £45K) on human health assessment (2025-2026).

Direct employment.

Swansea University

(Academic Position; Professor) (Since December 2015).

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Expert scientist for particle toxicology (Since November 2023),

UKHSA – Solid Fuel Toxicology Review (February – April 2023),

Nooku – Toxicology Review on Health Effects of Indoor Air Pollution (February – March 2023).

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Chair of UK Animal Alternative Technologies (UKAAT) (formerly the In Vitro Toxicology Society (IVTS) (Since October 2015),

Member of the British Toxicology Society (BTS) Sub-Scientific Committee (Since October 2017),

Member of Animal Free Research UK (February 2020 – June 2024),

Member of the British

Other personal interests.

None. 

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

None. 

Other non-personal interests.

Direct employment.

Cardiff University. (Since 2013)

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Director of Medical, Scientific & Toxicological Consultancy Ltd. (2016 - present)

Shareholdings.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

National Trust. (2002 – present)

St John Ambulance Brigade, Wales. (2024 - present)

Other personal interests.

Honorary Professor Cardiff Metropolitan University (2018 – present.)

Fellowships.

Royal College of Physicians of London (2017- present), Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (2015 – present), British Pharmacology Society (2024 – present), Royal Society of Biology (2023 – present).  

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Direct employment.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

Direct employment.

Ramboll UK Limited.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Membership:

UKHSA Committee on Carcinogenicity,

 HSE UK REACH Independent Scientific Expert Pool (RISEP) RISEP.

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Ramboll is a member of Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and I am the lead contact.

Other personal interests.

I work for clients who are food and food contact material manufacturers.

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

Member of  the UKHSA Committee on Carcinogenicity (COC).

Other non-personal interests.

None. 

Direct employment.

None. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None. 

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None. 

Other personal interests.

None. 

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

None. 

Other non-personal interests.

Direct employment.

Liverpool John Moores University

Reader in Computational Toxicology.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Consultancy (on-going projects):

Crop Life Europe (2020 – present; total value: €200,000),

BASF (2025 – present; total value €25,000),

P&G (2025 – present; total value €25,000).

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None. 

Other personal interests.

None. 

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

None. 

Other non-personal interests.

None. 

Direct employment.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Regulatory Science Associates: 2024 for 6 months: £8,000,

BASF: 2020 for 12 months: €35,000.

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None. 

Other personal interests.

None. 

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

None. 

Other non-personal interests.